Synonyms of die
87 similar words · 10 opposite words
Another word for die is expire. Other synonyms of die are perish, flatline and code. The opposite of die is live.
Synonyms and similar words for die
verbMore synonyms
- assume room temperature slangTo die; to be killed.
- auger in euphemisticTo crash catastrophically into the ground.
- be called home euphemistic
- be like the the One euphemistic
- be no more
- be with Jesus
- be with the Lord
- bite the big one euphemisticTo die.
- bite the biscuit euphemisticTo die.
- bite the dust euphemisticTo die.
- buy the farm euphemisticTo die; generally, to die in battle or in a plane crash.
- buy it euphemisticTo die.
- cark itTo die.
- cash in euphemisticTo die.
- cash in one's chips euphemisticTo die.
- check out euphemisticTo die.
- close one's eyes for the last timeTo die; to pass away.
- code
- conk out euphemisticTo die.
- croak euphemisticTo die.
- cross overTo die.
- cross the Great Divide euphemistic
- cross the StyxTo die.
- darken euphemisticTo be extinguished or deprived of vitality, to die.
- deceaseTo die.
- decompose
- dematerialize euphemistic
- depart euphemisticTo die.
- disincarnateTo die, in context of subsequently existing outside the body (for example, as a soul or spirit).
- draw one's last breathTo die.
- drop off the hooks euphemisticTo die.
- exit euphemisticTo depart from life; to die.
- expireTo die.
- fall off the twig euphemisticSynonym of die.
- flatlineTo die.
- give one's all euphemistic
- give up the ghostTo cease clinging to life; to die.
- go for a burton euphemistic
- go out euphemisticTo die.
- go over to the majority euphemisticTo die.
- go the way of all flesh euphemisticTo die; to follow a course leading to death or extinction.
- go the way of the dinosaurs euphemisticTo go extinct or become obsolete; to fall out of common use or practice; to become a thing of the past.
- go the way of the dodo euphemisticTo go extinct or become obsolete or defunct; to fall out of common practice or use; to become a thing of the past.
- go the way of the dodo bird euphemistic
- go to glory euphemistic
- go to one's reward euphemistic
- go west euphemisticSynonym of die.
- hand in one's checks euphemisticTo die.
- hand in one's dinner pail euphemisticTo die.
- hop the twig euphemisticSynonym of die.
- join the choir invisibleTo die.
- keel over euphemisticTo die.
- kick the bucket euphemisticTo die.
- kick off euphemisticTo die or quit permanently.
- knock off euphemistic
- liquidate euphemistic
- lose the number of one's mess euphemisticTo die, to perish.
- meet one's doomTo die.
- meet one's endTo die.
- meet one's makerTo die or to pass into the afterlife.
- pass euphemisticTo die.
- pass away euphemisticTo die.
- pass in one's checks euphemisticTo die.
- pass in one's marble euphemistic
- pass onTo die.
- pass overTo die and thus progress to the afterlife.
- pass the river euphemisticTo die.
- pay nature's debt euphemisticSynonym of pay the debt of nature (“to die”).
- pay the debt of nature euphemisticTo die.
- peg out euphemisticTo die.
- perishTo die; to cease to live.
- pop off euphemisticTo die suddenly.
- pop one's clogs euphemisticTo die.
- push up daisies euphemisticTo be dead.
- shuffle off this mortal coil euphemisticTo die; to divest oneself of one's mortal body.
- slip away euphemisticTo die peacefully.
- snuff it euphemisticTo die.
- succumb euphemisticTo die.
- take a dirt nap euphemisticTo die.
- turn up one's toes euphemisticTo die.
- yield up the ghostFor a person, to die.
- be gathered to one's fathers dated, euphemisticTo be buried together with one's forebears; hence, to die.
- forfare archaic
- sink archaic, euphemisticTo die.
- sleep with one's fathers dated, literaryTo be buried together with one's forebears; hence, to die; also, to be dead.
nounMore synonyms
- cube of chance
- cube of fortune
Opposite of die
verbMore antonyms
- breathe
- live
- subsist
- survive
- be bornTo come into existence through birth.
- germinate
- sprout
- come back to life
- reincarnateTo be, or cause to be, reborn, especially in a different body or as a different species.
- rise from the dead
Meaning of die
- verb To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
- verb Followed by of as an indication of direct cause; general use.
- verb Followed by from as an indication of direct cause; general use, though somewhat more common in the context of medicine or the sciences.
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